Judges 21:1-3

Contemporary English Version

Wives for the Men of Benjamin

21 When the Israelites had met at Mizpah before the war with Benjamin,^[a] they had made this sacred promise: “None of us will ever let our daughters marry any man from Benjamin.”

² After the war with Benjamin, the Israelites went to the place of worship at Bethel and sat there until sunset. They cried loudly and bitterly ³ and prayed, “Our Lord, you are the God of Israel. Why did you let this happen? Now one of our tribes is almost gone.”